Has the Tablet Killed the PC?

7/11/2013 10:53AM

Global sales of personal computers have fallen for the fifth quarter in a row. Have tablet computers won the battle or is this just a passing fad? Ben Rooney and David Ho discuss whether a tablet can replace a laptop.

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